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Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2017 - 2018
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Reference ID
PAK_2017_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
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Created on
May 01, 2020
Last modified
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  • PAK2017-B.dat
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  • PAK2017-W.dat

Ethnicity, Pakistan (C_ETHNICITYPK)

Data file: PAK2017-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 268
End: 269
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
121A) What is your mother tongue?

URDU 01
PUNJABI 02
SINDHI 03
PUSHTO 04
BALOCHI 05
ENGLISH 06
BARAUHI 07
SIRAIKI 08
HINDKO 09
KASHMIRI 10
SHINA 11
BRUSHASKI 12
WAKHI 13
CHITRALI/KHWAR 14
BALTI 15
PAHARI 16
POTOWARI 17
MARWARI 18
FARSI 19
OTHER 96
Categories
Value Category
01 Urdu
02 Punjabi
03 Sindhi
04 Pushto
05 Balochi
06 English
07 Barauhi
08 Siraiki
09 Hindko
10 Kashmiri
11 Pahari
12 Potowari
13 Marwari
14 Farsi
20 Other
21 Shina
22 Brushaski
23 Wakhi
24 Chitrali/Khwar
25 Balti
96 Other, unspecified
97 Don't know
98 Missing
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
ETHNICITYPK (V131PK) is a variable specific to Pakistan that reports the woman's ethnicity according to responses to a question about the woman's first language. The groups identified vary across samples. See Comparability.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Ethnicity and religion Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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